Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) said that the Pacific Wave international
network peering facility was recently upgraded with Ciena's 6500
Packet-Optical Platform, equipped with WaveLogic coherent optical
processors. This deployment will provide 100Gb/s networking capabilities
to Pacific Wave's extensive R&E network infrastructure across
the western coast of the United States, from Los Angeles to Seattle.

The 100G backbone now connecting Pacific Wave's major peering
locations will not only provide regional and national high-speed
connectivity between higher education and research institutions
throughout the U.S. Pacific Coast, but will also allow R&E
institutions around the world to collaborate more quickly and
effectively in data-intensive, international sciences such as astronomy,
oceanography, high-energy physics, and genomics.

In choosing Ciena for this deployment, the Corp. for Education
Network Initiatives (CENIC) and the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP)
--who together operate Pacific Wave as a joint project are ensuring that
Pacific Wave is consistent with the recent Internet2 and the US
Department of Energy (ESnet) 100G backbone upgrades.

Ciena is the network specialist. The company's website is at
www.ciena.com.

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